RVC/FAO guide to Veterinary Parasitology
Pig eggs: Physocephalus sexalatus
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Physocephalus sexalatus
Length 31-45 µm
Width 12-26 µm
Thick wall L1 larva present

Ascarops*
Length 30-37 µm
Width 18-21 µm

Simondsia *
Length 28-30 µm
Width 12 µm

* Eggs of these genera are similar i.e. elongated oval, thick-walled, with a larva present

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